Cottage Grove sentinel., April 21, 1915, Image 1

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COTTAGE GROVE LEA D ER AUGUST 1, 1912.
COTTAOE OROVE, 0RE00N, W EDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915.
XXVI
Prati j ì owers Organica
Artirles of incorporaiion of thè Lo
rane Fruii drtiwcra' Cooperative Asso
ciuf ion have ben filed with thè se*'
retnry of state.
Pii in la un asaocintion of Milwaukee,
Wie., men who hiivc bonghi n trac» of
uraliani land iu thè I.orane Vulley, and
E. P. Kedford, Pioneer, Passes A w a y at A ge of 85 Fol­
inteud tu develop it un thè co operative
lowing Lingering Illness. — Crossed Plains in 1850
pian.
The Inrorporatore are Riehurd Elimini,
Lengthy l’«UUon Presented by Public
Edward P. Bedford, a resident of the 1
His third wife wus Mr». Harriet
(I. Lynch, J. P. Itink, Ed. A. Mullinix,
Improvement Committee of Gommar E D. Iluven, (!. J. Grinta Pietaeh, Kob Cottage drove country for over (W E. Hymns, who survives. Nine ehildren
rial Club Rut Members of Council ert I'. Dieckelmnn, George llurton, Mar years, nnd one of the best known pio were born by the first wife, four of
neer« of Lane County, died here Hntur whom survive. They are John M. of
Prafar to U t People Hattla Problem Ilm Eslinger und Ed. J. Bauer.
day ut the age of *3 years, following Creswell, James E. and Mrs. Albert
Auetlou Baien Varici!
tin illness of several months.
Thv Mtoi ks of this eity, Mrs. Bettie Norfleet
ELECTION PROBABLY ORDERED
Vancouver’s first uuetlon duy wns n funeral was held Hiiudny, Iti-v. I). A. of California.
A T NE X T MEETING
greul success und was nttended by prob Mael.eod of the Presbyterian Church,
nbly 1000 persone. It is estimateli thut officiating The services nt tjie grave
Ordinance I*aimed ProhlbltlUK «pitting from filino lo f 1*000 worth of gooiis
were conducted by the Mesons.
on Sidewalks; Health Officer and i-hangfd blinde.
Automobiles, borace,
Mr, Bedford was born in Barren
Prasaut Ordinances Deemed Suffl tennis, chirkens, ducke, beds, plani«, County, Kentucky, August 10, 1*29.
rleut to Care for Garbage and riles •tump pulli-ra and various kinds of farm lie runic across the plains by ox team
fornitura were offered. Annthcr public h i 1H50, settling firs* in California. In
1*52 he moved to Portland, in 1*5.1 to
The city council will let the voters of nuction will Ite hehl next monili.
Benton County, the sume yi-i r to u do
tbe city decide the dog question for
nation claim in Lane County near here
themselves.
This wns the decision
in 1*55 to a i burn north of bere, in I ml I
reached nt the meeting Monday night
to Coburg, Lane County, and in Ititi.'',
and at the meeting nest Monday a diitc
he returned here, buying a furai of 22b
will probably be set for a special elec
acres nor'h of here, where he lived until
lion.
moving into the eity a couple o f year-
Although a Inrge number of the citi
sens have petitioned for the enactment County Judge Bown and Commissioner ago. Mr. Bedford was one o f the oldest
Harlow Visit Proposed Fifth
taxpayers in Lane County nnd for near
of the ilog ordinance the members of the
ly llll years hud appeured personally be
council felt undecided as to the wishes
Street Improvement
fore the tax eolie tor to pay his assess
o f the majority and believe a special
election the proper way to settle tin
That Cottage drove should have the ment.
question satisfactorily to all concerned proposed Fifth Mtreet road to connect
Mr Bedford was murried January 14,
An ordinance prohibiting spitting up
th Pacific Highway nt Latham wns 1*55, hi Murati M. Cochran.
Hhe died
on the sidewalks, asked for by the pub the opinion of County Judge liowii mid February 27, 1*75,
Bis second wife
Photo by Armstrong
lie improvement committee of the com County Commissioner Harlow, who were wus Mrs. Minerva Birch, who died in
The Late E. P. Redford.
mercial club, was enacted. The request here Friday.
County Commissioner
for ordinances regulating the rare of Hawley had already expresaed himaclf
garbage and the removal of fly breeding in favor of anything needed in this end
refuse was not granted as there are al of the county. The making of the im
ready ordinances upon the subject and pro\ enient, as far aa the County Court
the health offirer baa sufficient power la concerned, depends entirely upon
to regulate these nuisances.
whether there are sufficient funds und
Ordinances were passed for the itn the committee thnt is pushing the im
i Reprinted from Welch's!
provrnient of the south ends of first provemrnt believes that the court will
^A^cc'IIE way to gc- business is to cell it not call for it. Business
U
J i> hen- it is th- bellboy on the bein'h of prosperity. When you
find that there arc funds. The making
and Herond Htreets.
cull it. it will answer “ Coming, s i r ' ' ' The trouble with most of
of the improvement would be condition
Cottage Grove Editors on Program
ns has been thnt we have been worrying ourselves with the idea that
nl upon the securing of a free right of
lloth Cottage drove editors appear way.
our stores depended fo ' trade upon far countries.
on the program of the Willamette \ til
I f every retailer in the I'nited States would sit down and mnke
District Attorney Deven nnd N. E.
ley Editorial Association at Mpringfield Bryant accompanied Mr. Mown and Mr.
a business possibility census of his own territory he would get up and
Hat unlay. W. C. Conner will speak on Harlow, They had come up from Eu
get after the waiting patronage.
" (Quantity and (Quality of Editorials gene to inspect the Cottage Grove
The denier who looks, arts and talks good business gets it.
Necessary for the Proper Nourishment latrane road at the latrane end where
Accept the fart that there has been poor business for several months,
of the Reader and Relief of the Ed «time rock la needed.
ilut remember that the pendulum swinge jNist as fur one way us it does
itor.”
Elbert Hcde will speak on
the other—
“ House Rill No. 37o and Other
Grange May Erect Building.
And it is now swinging back.
Things. “
American business min have had time to adjust themselves to
Cottage drove Grange may soon erect
world conditions—and they have had time to realize that their money
a building on its lot which it purchased
a couple years ago. Committees sre at
und profits come »R O M THE FOLKS RIGHT A R O l’ ND HOME.
All of us have helped the ult mate consumer to acquire the idea
work among the members of the grange
that he ought to contribute to dull business. Now, let's all pull together
soliciting the money for the purchnse of
tu show him how he will better himself by creating good business and
materials. I f the neressury amount i>
shnring in it.
Ad Baksr Loses Thumb, Another Lores raised the work will go forward.
lairu) advertising spells local prosperity; local advertising creates
The building, if erected, will lie two
Part of ringer; Ttlrd Cuts
local prosperity A ND LOCAL Bl MlNEMS IS LOCAL PROSPERITY.
«tories high. The upper story will be
Toot with As.
Make your store the searchlight thnt splits the clouds of home­
tised for the grange hall und the lower
made gloom.
story will be rented for storage or other
Pour minor nreidents occurred dur
Business is not only eoming— 't is here, ready for your call.
purposes.
mg the past week.
R e a d this article by Herbert N. Gnsson, which was written last
Ad. linker lost his thumb while work
Hlnnk notes und receipts for sale nt
fall, and whieh made thousands of manufacturers think and think hurtj.
ing in the U. H. Logging Co.’s campe The Hentinel office.
npr7tf
It is just ns helpful to the retnil dealer and it tells nothing but the
nt Ktijndn. Ile was using nn nx on a
wholesome truth:
log. The ax slipped and rut the thumb
o f f above the knuckle.
W H A T IS THE M A TTE R W IT H THE U N IT E D S T A T E S ’
C liff Smith cut his foot while doing
some brushing in the sume romp.
(Reprinted by the courtesy of the Associated Advertising
A young man named Dixon lost n pnrt
Clubs of the World.)
Marietta
LaDell.
Humorous
Reader,
«of the forefinger of the left hnml at
“ What is the matter with the I'nited Mtatesf”
Marlon Ballou risk. Cartoon
the J. II. Chambers mill. He was work
As 1 have been residing in London since the beginning of the war,
mg behind the pinner. He endeavored
lit, Among Numbers.
I have been henring this question asked on all sides. I have never
to remove a aliver from the machine
heard liny satisfactory answer. No one seems to know.
while it was in operation nnd the finger
Advance announcements of tnlrnt be­
Why are the American factories not running night and da yf Why
wna caught by the knives, being pulled ing sent out by the »¡llisnn White Chuu
lire the railroads not opening up new territories and getting ready for
out at the firat joint nnd the bone tauqun System indicate thnt n real treat
the millions of immigrants who hav e already made up their minds to
crushed somewhnt.
is in store for Cottage Grove this sum
leaf»* »¡urope us soon as the war is overt
Shelby Teeters suffered u severe in mer. Marietta LaDell, who iniikes n
Why nre there not fift y American drummers in London right now,
jury to the second finger of the right specialty of impersonating children nnd
trying to sell $200,0*10,000 worth of American goods in place of the
hand when he enught it in n slab roller of giving humorous selections nnd eon
goods that were bought Inst year from Germany and Austriaf
at the Brown mill.
sidered one of the best Indy readers,
Why have advertisers become quitters, just at the time when their
will be one of the brg numbers.
advertisements wer.* most needed and most effective in cheering on the
»’or u chalk talk lecture there will
business forces of the I'nited States?
be Mnrion Ballou »’ink, n splendid enr
From the Europ an point of view, the I’ nited States is a haven of
toonist. Mrs. »’isk ims hnd some won
peace and security an*! prosperity. It has no troubles that it dare men­
derfol experiences nnd will tell of them
tion to Belgium or Austria or France or Germany or Great Britain or
Russia.
County Agriculturalist Talks to Orang in her inimitable manner, illustrating
eiich point with n drawing.
»¡very tenth Briton has enlisted. Every tenth Frenchman is at the
nrs; Orange Votes to Join Corn
In the musical line there will be W.
front. Every tenth Belgian is dead. What does the I'nited States
Growing Movement.
C. Buckner and his company o f jubilee
know o f troublef
singers.
I f I could afford it. I would charter the Mauretania and Lusitania,
“ Hetter Modes of Farming nnd Pro-
nnd convey a party of 5000 American advertisers to Europe for a trip of
ii<-ing’ ’ wns the subject bundled in nn
Favor* Steel Bridge.
education. I would give them a week in London, a week in Paris and
lile manner Saturday by County Agri
C. H. Purcell, n.saistnnt state engineer,
a week in Antwerp.
ilturnlist R. B. Coglon before the wna in Eugene Inst week interviewing
I would let them look at the I'nited States from the scene of war.
ecting of Cottage drove Grange. The the county court in regard to the new
J [ I would give them a lock at real trouble. I would let them see trains,
range voted to join the movement bridge across the Const »’ork above
ten at n time, five minutes apart, packed with the maimed and with the
arted by Pomona Grange to promote Goshen. Mr. Purcell agreed to furnish
dying.
irn growing nnd will give a thorough the court with figures on the estimated
I would let them hear, from fragmentary survivors, the incredible
red sow pig to the member o f the cost of n steel structure, also thnt of a
story of battlefields 150 miles wide, nnd armies that are greater than the
range growing the beat half ncre. wooden structure. He thought there
entire population of Texas.
'ifty per eent of the points will be would be little if any difference in fa v­
I would let them see graves 100 yards long and full; and Belgium,
Ivan by judging in the field nnd 80 or of a wooden bridge.
the country that was, nothing now but 12,000 square miles of wreckage.
er eent by judging at the fair. The
Then, when they began to understand to some slight extent, the
The state engineer 'a office has gone
mvement hits been started for the par
magnitude nnd awfulnens of this war, I would say to them:
on record as favoring steel bridges, but
use of developing u cheaper hog feed.
“ Now go bach anil appreciate the I’ nited States. Realize your
the county court hns nnnounred that it
Mr. Coglon made the stntement that
opportunities. Don’t start digging trenches when nobody is firing at
fnvora wooden bridges, nn the members
e believed the county fair board would
you. Don’t fall down when you have not been hit.
Don’t be blind to
of thnt body believe they nre cheaper
»consider its action nnd make the
the most glorious chain** yon have ever had in your life.
than steel bridges nnd they believe in
risen for grange exhibits the same as
“ Go back and advertise. Get ready for the most tremendous busi­
patronizing nn industry thnt ndda to the
ist year.
ness boom thnt any naf*on ever had. Build your factories bigger. Train
prosperity of the county.
more salesmen. Borrow more money. Go nhend, and thank God that
Mr. Purcell met with the court only
Captain Collins, U. S. A., instruction
you
nre alive and thnt your family is alive, nnd that you are living in
ffieer of the const artillery corps, whs in nn ndvisory rapacity nnd did no» at­
a land that is at peace, nt a time when nearly the whole world is at war.”
tempt
to
dictate
ns
to
whnt
material
p from Eugene Friday instructing the
should be used.
fficers of Sixth Co.
ALDERMEN LEAVE
DOG QUESTION
TO VOTERS
H ad Been Resident o f Cottage
Groce Country for Sixty Years
SHOULD HAVE ROAD
THINKS COURT
“ Business!” “ Coming, Sir!”
FOUR MEN HURT IN MINOR
ACCIDENTS DURING WEEK
BEST TALENT BEING SIGNED
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
BETTER MODES OF FARMING
AND PRODUCING
Number 30
Mr Bedford held many minor offices
during bis life. lie was a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
and a Mason. He served in the Rogue
River Indian War.
HALF HOLIDAY FOG
STORES DURING
Eugene Cannery Receives Big Order
An order for three carloads of canned
string beans and beets has just been re
reived by the Eugene Fruit Growers'
Association from a coast firm.
Will Give Clerks and Business Men
This is the first order for 1915 canned
Opportunity to Attend Base Bill
goods received by the association
Games or Enjoy Any Other Form of
this year. Considering the dullness of
the market this is very encouraging, ee
Agreeable Recreation.
cording to J. O. Holt* manager of the
association. The order amounts to PICNICS W IT H FARMERS IS ONE
$4000 or more.
SUGGESTION
A carload of 1914 canned goods was
sent out from the cannery during the Plan Proposed Is to Visit One Commun­
latter part of last week consigned to
ity One Week. Another the Next
Portland and Man Franeisco. There is
Week and so on Until All Communi­
vet a considerable qunntity o f the 1914
ties Have Been Visited.
pack in the warehouse but not more
han at this season during an average
The larger part of the business
.ear.— Eugene Register.
houses of the city have signed an agree
Calling Cards— The Hentinel office. ment for a half holiday every Thursday
during the coming summer, commencing
Thursday, May 13, and ending Thui *-
day, September 9. This is during the
base ball season and will* give clerks
and business men an opportunity to at­
tend the ball games on those days if
they desire. The objeet of the half
J. F. Spray Believes Thom and Dollars' holiday, however, is to give a half-day
Worth of Property Will
of recreation during the middle of the
Change Hands
week to be spent in any manner agree­
able to those participating. There is
Cottage Grove’s first public auction «ome talk of organizing parties o f bus-
sale, being now promoted by J. »’. Mpray. ness men on these afternoons to go out
will be held next Tuesday, when all and visit the farmers of the Cottage
those having good* of any kind to dis Grove country. It has been suggested
pose of are invited to bring them in and that a picnic with the farmers of one
place them on sale. Two auctioneers community be arranged for one week
have been engaged and at 10 o'clock
nd a picnic with the farmers of an­
they will begin selling' o ff the large other community the next week and so
amount of stuff thnt bus been listed. on. visiting the farmers of the entire
Mr. Mpray believes that fully a thou surrounding country during the summer.
sand dollars’ worth of goods will changi The suggestion met with favorable con
hands on that day. He charges but a «¡deration when presented to the
sufficient commission to pay the ex grange.
pens«*« of arranging and conducting the
Those who signed the closing agree­
sale.
ment did so with the stipulation that
their competitors also close.
Those
Growing Brocoli.
signing are as follows:
<»«a>d soil, well drained and with suf
The »’air, BarteLs Ic »¡rnest, D. J.
fieient elevation to provide good air
Scholl, Kinter Bros.. V. M. Goff. J. F.
drainage, are best for growing broeoli.
Mpray, DesLarzes Bros., Roy E. Short.
according to Professor A. G. Bouquet,
McQueen Bullion, Wynne & Woods, J.
garden specialist st O. A. C., who has
D. Inline Burlier Whop, W. C. Johnson
just returned from an inspection of the
A Co., Allison Bros.. H. C. Madsen. The
ndustry in the Roseburg district. Soil
Vogue, Kerr A M Isby, Lurch's. Mwengel
drainage is requisite to best growth of
Hardware Co., C. W. Beals, Culver Bros.,
plants and prevents some of the worst
Cmphrey A Mackin, Brand A Co., C.
difficulties of harvesting. Air drainage
F. Walker, O. K. Barber Shop, Grable
is helpful in partially preventing injury
A Jorgenson, Charles Matthews, Mills
froin frosts late in the fall. In the Rose
A Roach, J. H. Barker, Oregon Woolen
burg district, where the crop is exten
Mills Store, Armstrong Studio. Cottage
sively grown, the frost damage was
Grove Sentinel. Cottage Grove Manufac­
quite serious las? fall, some of the
turing Co.
fields suffering a loss of 50 per eent.
and some of even 100 per cent. This
condition was very unusual in the Rose
burg district, however, and was more
pronounced on low, wet fields. Judging
from the experience of past years and
particularly of last year both soil and Oregon Stock Journal Speaks Compli-
air drainnge are essential to the best
mentarily of Cottage Grove
development of the crops. Besides the«?
Industrial Plant.
featuras of growing the crop there are
important problems in harvesting and
The following appeared in a recent is­
marketing, which must be carefully eon
sue of the Oregon Stock Journal, pub­
sidered by every community growing
lished at Oregon City:
brocoli for sale.
The Cottage Grove Creamery, located
at Cottage Grove, Oregon, is one of the
most progressive manufacturing estab
lishments in Lane County, and is con
tributing largely to the fostering of the
dairying industry in the Pacific North­
United States Is Beginning to Realize west. The present manager and owner
of this progressive creamery is R. M.
It Can Get Along Despite
Trask, who is instrumental in further­
Wai in Europe.
ing the livestock and dairying indus­
The past two weeks have shown a tries of that part of Oregon. He pur­
marked tendency toward better times, chased the plant in April, 1913, and hns
according to Russell Lowry, deputy gov­ increased its capacity 50 per eent by
ernor of the federal reserve bank at Man installing therein new and up-to-date
Francisco, who spoke to the bankers of machinery. The output of this cream
I.ane County at the Osburn Hotel in ery during the past year was 60,000
Eugene Inst week. He declared bu-si pounds of butter, and over 2000 gallons
ness had discoverd that this country can of ice cream were manufactured and
sold during the year 1014.
get along by itself despite the war.
This creamery has paid to the farm
“ During the past two weeks a steady
rise in stock prices shows that the in t*rs and dairymen in the southern pnrt
vestors are gaining more confidence,” of Lane County daring the past year
he stated. “ The peopde nre finding more than $15,W>0 for butterfat alone,
thut the exports to Europe are very which has been a stimulant to the
heavy and that the imports are very dairying industry around Cottage Grove
light. This means that »¡urope is piling and the dairymen are now seeing the
up a heavy debt to us, and it discounts profits in dairying, and are producing
the fear that we will have to ship gold more pure-bioods and higher classed
to »¡urope. It was thought, at first dairying cattle than ever before in that
that the sale of foreign securities would part of the state.
BIG SALE EXPECTED
NEXT TUESDAY
C R E A M E R Y PAYS OUT
$15,000 IN YEAR
COAST BUSINESS IS BETTER
SAYS RESERVE BANKER
tend toward an outflow of gold. This
Rev. C. James Ivey closed a very sue
has not been the case.
“ Everywhere people seem to have the easeful series of bible lectutes at the
‘ hunch’ that things are about to be Me liodist Church last night nnd will
open a scries at Drain tomorrow even­
better. ”
ing. The lectures here were very well
attended and Dr. I v e y ’s method of in­
Didn't Get Many Horses.
C. C. Wise, who is buying horses in terpretation, “ The Law o f Reversals,”
Oregon for shipment to the war zone, proved very satisfactory to all who at
was in the city last week, but only tended the meetings.
succeeded in buying one team. All
other horses he found too high priced
Two Stalks Asparagus Weigh Pound.
George A. Dorris brought to the city
It ’* surprising how much news The two stalks of asparagus from hia farm
Sentinel gets when there are so many near Mpringfield whieh weighed exactly
who know news that they do not tell. a pound.— Eugene Register.